Dera
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Dera or Dehra (Urdu: ڈیرہ ) is a Saraiki language word meaning camp or settlement. In Punjabi, it is usually used as a place where men meet and socialize in the village.
Towns in Pakistan with Dera in their names.
- Dera Allah Yar
- Dera Bugti District
- Dera Bugti
- Dera Dildar
- Dera Ghazi Khan District
- Dera Ghazi Khan Division
- Dera Ghazi Khan International Airport
- Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil
- Dera Ghazi Khan
- Dera Ismail Khan Airport
- Dera Ismail Khan District
- Dera Ismail Khan Division
- Dera Ismail Khan Tehsil
- Dera Ismail Khan
- Dera Murad Jamali
- FR Dera Ismael Khan
- Saddar Dera Bugti
Towns in India with Dera in their names.
- Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur, Punjab
- Dehradun, capital of Uttarakhand
- Dehra, Himachal
- Derasar a term for a Jain temple
Places in Iran named Dera or Dehra.
- Dera, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
- Dera, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
- Dehra, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran
For the town in Ethiopia see Dera, Ethiopia
Religious sects:
- Dera Sacha Sauda, a sect at Sirsa, Haryana, India
- Dera Sach Khand, Jalandhar, Punjab
See also
- -abad
- -goth
- -stan
- -land
- -nagar
- Khurd and Kalan
References
Coordinates: 8°10′N 39°20′E / 8.167°N 39.333°E
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